Overview

• Minister Félix Bolaños told Mayor Abel Caballero that a decree issuing in September or October will confirm eight instruction courts and two gender violence courts in Vigo
• The decree will guarantee that the current judge and staff of the 8th Instruction Court remain in place
• Plans to implement 24-hour guard duties across instruction courts are stalled by a €1.3 million funding refusal from the Xunta de Galicia
• The PP accused the BNG of blocking an extraordinary plenary session aimed at demanding court continuity and full-time coverage
• The BNG formalized an institutional declaration calling for the preservation of all eight instruction courts, creation of a second gender violence court and the launch of round-the-clock operations